Nonprofit helps put new Transform Pontiac Now building into order

*The Oakland Press/DUSTIN BLITCHOK*
Clarence Baylor Jr., Kirt Rushlow, Jerry McKay, Chris Covetz and Joe Hejka from the nonprofit Rebuilding Together Oakland County work on the second floor of Transform Pontiac Now's building, which is being re-painted and fitted with a kitchen. Sixty employees from DSM Engineering Inc. of Birmingham came to the nonprofit by bus and, along with volunteers from Rebuilding Together, made an estimated $10,000 in improvements at Transform Pontiac Now's headquarters at 75 W. Huron.

Sixty employees from DSM Engineering, Inc., of Birmingham and volunteers from the nonprofit Rebuilding Together Oakland County did an estimated $10,000 worth of work at Transform Pontiac Now's headquarters at 75 W. Huron on Thursday.

Clarence Baylor Jr., Kirt Rushlow, Jerry McKay, Chris Covetz and Joe Hejka on the second floor of Transform Pontiac Now's building, which is being re-painted and fitted with a kitchen.

"We're just trying to help people overcome their obstacles by making their home more safe, secure and energy-efficient, and contributing to all the other improvements happening in Pontiac," Hejka said.